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MaxHoffmann (1869-1927), a brilliant strategist widely regarded as the architect of the German Eighth Army's sweeping victory at Tannenberg, and to a lesser extent at the Masurian Lakes, was born in Homberg an der Efze on 25 January1869.

Hoffmann's fame primarily rests upon his brilliantly conceived strategy of double-enveloping the Russian Second Army, under Samsonov, at Tannenberg in August 1914, effectively bringing about its entire destruction.

Following these initial successes in the East Hoffmann was promoted to Oberst and attached to headquarters in Brest-Litovsk; his background in the East both prior to and during the early stages of the war rendered him the primary authority on Eastern matters.

Hoffmann was then able to craft a plan for an encirclement victory over Alexander Samsonov's Second Army in the south which Hindenburg quickly put into action upon his arrival leading to the Battle of Tannenberg.

Hoffmann was able to bring all of the forces on the Eastern front (including Austrian units) under his command.

The form of Hoffmann’s first novel schwimmen gegen blond (swimming against blonde) (2002) relies on the ritualised structure of weekly diary entries spread over the period of a year.

“with max without max yes to max no to max“ – this is the core of the novel about a woman who cannot decide for or against her lover and who spends a year developing new strategies to help her approach the object of her love only to distance herself again.

Sandra Hoffmann’s novels portray the dichotomies of life but do not come up with solutions because for Hoffmann’s protagonists a synthesis of contradictions seems far removed from life.

MaxHoffmann was born in 1869. He was an Oberstleutnant in East Prussia in early 1914, serving as the VIII.

He was promoted to Oberst in 1916, and situated himself at HQ in Brest-Litovsk to eventually succeed Ludendorff as the primary authority on the Eastern Front. Hoffmann was then promoted to Generalmajor in 1917, by which time he commanded the Eastern Front Armies as the Chief of Staff to

In all, Generalmajor Hoffmann was probably Germany's most brilliant military mind. Hoffmann was the uncredited genius behind the formidable Hindenburg-Ludendorff, and he spared no ink in criticizing both commanders in his memoirs. MaxHoffmann died in Homberg in 1927.

Hoffman, Hoffmann, or Hofmann may refer to several things, such as surnames, place names which are derived from these surnames (mainly German), and other things, names of which are derived from these surnames.

Max Hoffman, Austrian importer of European automobiles into the United States after World War Two, who was inducted into the International Automobile Hall of Fame because of his profound influence upon the development of automobiles and the trade

Hofmann voltameter, a piece of chemistry apparatus sometimes used to collect hydrogen and oxygen gas created in the electrolysis of water.

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Domingo on Hoffmann(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)

Max Loppert talked to Placido Domingo about a role with which he became closely associated; the interview appeared in Opera Magazine (U.K.) of November 1982.

By that I mean, it seems to me that the character of Hoffmann as it appears in all the versions of the score that I've seen is the least interesting person in the opera.

Hoffmann is one in which I feel I can contribute something, almost personal...

Hoffmann had proposed a strike of approximately five divisions in this same area, through Tarnopol, shortly after news arrived of the February Revolution but the general staff had decided not to carry out the plan.

Hoffmann had placed these soldiers in reserve to be used when the Russian advance waned.

Hoffmann noted in his diary on 1 July that "the Russians are attacking" and he hoped that they would keep it up for eight to 10 days.

Max von Gallwitz was born in 1852. He was a General of the Artillery during WWI. At the beginning of the war, he commanded an independent cavalry corps on Germany's right flank on the Western Front. Later, he commanded the XII.

Army (1915). He was awarded the Pour le Merite (Blue Max), Germany's highest honour, in 1915 for his excellent efforts against the invading Russian forces in Galicia.

The build-up of such a massive force alone alerted the Entente to the invasion, and by 6 October, British and French troops had already begun their march north from Salonika.

Although the two cannot be compared, Busch's "Max and Moritz" ranks in Germany on the same level as Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" in the English speaking world.

Children won't catch Busch's gentle satire in "Max and Moritz." The whole concept of satire is not familiar to them, of course.

Busch shares the mischievous streak in Max and Moritz, and while his two young protagonists play rather violent tricks on the townspeople - a taylor almost drowns and a teacher gets his face burned from an exploding pipe - Busch himself plays the most violent trick on Max and Moritz.

Even though post-war Europe's economy was in a shambles, MaxHoffmann, America's biggest import car dealer of that time, managed to persuade the BMW board that this kind of model was exactly what BMW needed.

Hoffmann then urged Count Albrecht Graf Goertz to submit sketches to the BMW board and these were enthusiastically received.

Goertz was immediately commissioned to design the BMW roadster and BMW craftsman completed the 507 prototype in time to wow attendees at the 1955 Frankfurt Motor Show.

The BMW 2002 began as the brainchild of MaxHoffmann, BMW's US importer, who wanted a car to follow up the 1600-2, which had been very well received in the USA.

The BMW engineers did as Hoffmann suggested, and the result took the motoring world by storm on its announcement in 1968.

Not only did it provide the performance orientated model which Hoffmann wanted for the USA, but in European guise without the power sapping emissions control gear, it offered affordable high performance in a compact and agile package.

MaxHoffmann 18691927, German general in World War I. A brilliant strategist, he contributed to the German victory over the Russians at Tannenberg and in 1916 became chief of staff of the eastern armies.

As military representative he helped negotiate the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Russia.

The 2002 began as the brainchild of MaxHoffmann, BMW's US importer, who wanted a car to follow up the 1600-2, which had been very well received in the USA.

The logical car for him to import would have been the hot 1600ti, but its engine could not be made to meet the newexhaust emissions regulations.

Not only did it provide the performance-oriented model which Hoffmann wanted for the USA, but in European guise without the power-sapping emissions-control gear, it offered affordable high performance in a compact and agile package.